CVE-2023-51767

openssh: authentication bypass via row hammer attack

Published Dec 24, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
OpenSSH through 10.0, when common types of DRAM are used, might allow row hammer attacks (for authentication bypass) because the integer value of authenticated in mm_answer_authpassword does not resist flips of a single bit. NOTE: this is applicable to a certain threat model of attacker-victim co-location in which the attacker has user privileges. NOTE: this is disputed by the Supplier, who states "we do not consider it to be the application's responsibility to defend against platform architectural weaknesses."

Remediation

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Link Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/22/1 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/22/2 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/23/1 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/23/3 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/23/4 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/23/5 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/24/4 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/24/7 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/2 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/6 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/26/2 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/26/4 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/27/1 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/27/2 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/27/3 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/27/4 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/27/5 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/27/6 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/27/7 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/28/7 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/1 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/4 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/5 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/6 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/01/1 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/01/2 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-51767 cve-icon cve-icon
https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02545 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255850 cve-icon cve-icon
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html cve-icon
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/auth-passwd.c#L77 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/monitor.c#L878 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51767 cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0006/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-51767 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-51767 cve-icon
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/22/1 cve-icon cve-icon
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description OpenSSH through 9.6, when common types of DRAM are used, might allow row hammer attacks (for authentication bypass) because the integer value of authenticated in mm_answer_authpassword does not resist flips of a single bit. NOTE: this is applicable to a certain threat model of attacker-victim co-location in which the attacker has user privileges. OpenSSH through 10.0, when common types of DRAM are used, might allow row hammer attacks (for authentication bypass) because the integer value of authenticated in mm_answer_authpassword does not resist flips of a single bit. NOTE: this is applicable to a certain threat model of attacker-victim co-location in which the attacker has user privileges. NOTE: this is disputed by the Supplier, who states "we do not consider it to be the application's responsibility to defend against platform architectural weaknesses."
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Oct 15, 2026, 12:16 AM
Reserved
Dec 24, 2023, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 24, 2023, 7:15 AM
Modified
Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 24, 2023, 12:00 AM